Process for combining and emulsifying two or more liquids.



J. B. VOGELSANG. PROCESS FOR COMBINING AND EMULSIFYING TWO 0R MORELIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10' 1914..

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

Wl T/VESSES www UNTTED STATES PATENT oFFioE.

" JOHN is. voGELsANG, oF WEBSTER Gnovns, MISSOURI.

y PROCESS FOR COMBINING AND MULSI'FYING- TWO OR MORE IIIQUIIDS.

Original application :tiledA June 8, 1914,

This invention relates primarily (but noty exclusively) to processes ofproducing cream by the intimate admixture of skimmed milk or milkpowder, with butter fat or an oil of suitable character; the object ofthe invention being to afford ,a simple and effective process by whichthe desired result can 'be rapidly attained.

In the accompanying' drawing, wherein like numerals refer to like partsthroughout the several views, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation depicting the interior of` the preferredIl device for carryingout the process and Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view depicting a`-modification of one of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, numeral 1 denotes the body of a sectionaltubeone end of which is coupled as at 2 to a pipe 3 `leading to acooling vat (not shown) and whose opposite extremity is substantiallyclosed 'by a @plug 4 through which is projected an aperture 5 havingHaring ends constituting a nozzle. One off the extremities of saidnozzle communicates directly with a pipe 7 through which air or steam isSupplied under pressure and disposed adjacent the opposite end of thenozzle is a tube 8 which is supported by an annular member 9 having arounded edge as at 10 for which a seat is provided as at 11 inthecoupling 12. It will be noted that a portion of tube 8 projects within achamber 13 and that a suction-pipe 14, whose lower end (not shown) issubmerged in the mixture to be lemulsiie/d, communicates directly withsaid chamber.

Detachablyv secured as at 15 upon the in-V iication I may employ thefinely perforated.

chamber 16a shown in Fig. 2 in lieu of the wire-mesh chamber of Fig. andin either specification of Letters raient.

.VoGELsANG,

Patented Sept. '7, 1915.

Serial No.f 843,668. Dividedand this application led'october 10, 1914.Serial :No 866,128. .y

case the freey extremity of the emulsifying j chamber is supportedagainst the inner surface of tube -1 by meansoof lugs 18 `formedintegral' with the metal band 19in which plug 17 is seated. y

Having thus pointed out the construction of the preferred'form ofapparatus, the process involved may be described as follows Theextremity of pipe 14 being submerged in the vessel containing themixturewhich it is desired tov emulsify and the said mixture having beenagitated and heated, steam or hot airunder high pressure is then turnedinto pipe 7 and on passing through nozzle 5 serves t`o drawysaid mixtureinto chamber 18 whence it is forced through tube 8 into chamber 16. Onreaching the emulsifying chamber the mixture is first projected againstits closed end and the impact is such kas to disrupt the fat globulesand force the mixture backward against theinner surface Ofsaid chamberin the direction of tube 8, whereby a churning effect is produced whichserves (especially when the woven fwire chamber is used which presents arough surface) to further disrupt the fat globules while thoroughlymixing the substances em.

ployed. The mixture havingundergone this treatment,. it is next forcedthrough the wire-mesh of which the preferred emulsifying chamber isformed, or, if the modification be employed, through the apertures 16" ishown in Fig. 2,\ this resulting in finely dividing the fat` globulesand so thoroughly commingling` the substances as. to produce cream whichcompares most favorably with the natural article.

What I claim as new and desire to secure .their egress is impeded.

2. The method of combiningu and emulsifyingrtwo or more liquids whichcomprises the propulsion thereof by aid of a steamjet into a chamberfrom which their egress is impeded.

3. The method of combining and emul# sifying two or more liquids whichcomprises the propulsion -thereof by aid of a steam-jetl through theperforate walls of a chamber. 4. The method of`combining and emulsifyingtwo or more liquids which comprises the'propulsion thereof by aidof asteam-jet through the perforate walls of a 'chamber having a roughenedinterior surface.

5. The method of combining and emulsifying two or more liquids whichcomprises the projection thereof `in a stream' under pressure against asolid surface disposed at one end of a perforate chamber and thevsubsequent propulsion of the substances through the perforations of saidchamber.

6. The method of combining and emulsifying two or more liquidswhichcomprises the projection thereofby aid of awsteam-jetVY theprojection thereofin a stream under pressure against a solid surfacedisposed at one ,end of ay perforate chamber having a lroughenedinterior surface vand the subsequenty propulsion of` the substancesthrough the perforations of said chamber.

v8. The method of combining and "emul' 1 sifying two or moreliquids-which comprises the projection thereof by aid of a steam-jetagainst a solid surface disposed at one end l of a perforate chamberhaving a roughened interior surface and the subsequent propulsion of thesubstances through the perfora tions of said chamber.

JOHN B. VOGELSANG.

Witnesses .B. NIENSAUK,

M.v A. HENEGHAN.

